Tijuana, May 10. The Northern Lights , a rarely seen light phenomenon in the Baja California night sky, could occur between tonight and the early hours of Saturday, May 11, due to the strong geomagnetic storm currently impacting the Earth.
The spectacle may not be as spectacular as that experienced in other parts of the planet, where night has already fallen, however, state Civil Protection indicates that it may cause mild, temporary interference in telecommunications systems.
The “northern lights” would be best seen in areas with little light pollution towards the horizon.
This Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a geomagnetic storm warning that would last through the weekend.
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the solar corona. They cause geomagnetic storms when they reach Earth.
Geomagnetic storms can disrupt communications, the power grid, navigation, and radio and satellite operations; they can also trigger spectacular auroral displays on Earth.
“This is an unusual and potentially historic event ,” said Clinton Wallace, director of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
